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• Bénédicte Van Lil, Uccle (Bruxelles), Belgique († 1997)
• Delvino Kemper, Dois Vizinhos, Paraná, Brasil († 1968)
• Ana Ines Klafki, Estrela, RS († 1972)
• N.N. Vlieg
• Esther Jael Paalman, Ter Aar, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1974)
• Emily Gail Pitt ****, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, Verenigde Staten († 2020)

• Arie Reedijk (41), Rotterdam
• Adrianus (Adriaan) Heijer (69), Den Haag
• Adriana van den Berg (77), Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aafje Rosalia KOK (78), Haarlem, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Johan Vinke (72), Zwartsluis
• Barbara Maria Elisabeth (Brigitte) Driessen (7), Venlo, Limburg, Netherlands
• Antoon Johannes Polman (67)
• Adrianus Antonius Cornelis Horrevorts (80), Hilvarenbeek
• adrianus de KIEVIT (72), rockanje
• Arien Bijl (63)

• 1967 » John Myung, American bass player and songwriter
• 1967 » Mark Kozelek, American singer and musician
• 1967 » Michael Kiske, German singer
• 1967 » Phil LaMarr, American actor, singer, and screenwriter
• 1968 » Antony Garrett Lisi, American theoretical physicist
• 1968 » Fernando Escartín, Spanish cyclist
• 1968 » Mary Lou Retton, American gymnast
• 1968 » Tymerlan Huseynov, Ukrainian footballer
• 1969 » Carlos Rômulo Gonçalves e Silva, bishop of Montenegro
• 1969 » Yoo Ho-jeong, South Korean actress

• 1961 » Alfred Carlton Gilbert, American pole vaulter and businessman, founded the A. C. Gilbert Company (b. 1884)
• 1962 » Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar, Turkish author, poet, and scholar (b. 1901)
• 1962 » André Lhote, French sculptor and painter (b. 1885)
• 1962 » Stanley Lord, English naval captain (b. 1877)
• 1965 » Winston Churchill, English colonel and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874)
• 1966 » Homi J. Bhabha, Indian physicist and academic (b. 1909)
• 1970 » Caresse Crosby, American fashion designer and publisher, co-founded the Black Sun Press (b. 1891)
• 1971 » Bill W., American activist, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous (b. 1895)
• 1973 » J. Carrol Naish, American actor (b. 1896)
• 1975 » Larry Fine, American comedian (b. 1902)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Robert
4. Peter
5. Johan
6. Hendrik
7. Richard
8. Michael
9. Marcel
10. Willem
11. Cornelis
12. Mark
13. Patrick
14. John
15. Eric
16. Ronald

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Monique
4. Ingrid
5. Sandra
6. Petra
7. Anna
8. Esther
9. Elisabeth
10. Yvonne
11. Jolanda
12. Karin
13. Jacqueline
14. Cornelia
15. Linda
16. Sylvia

• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 12.7 million citizens.
• February 1 » Canada's three military services, the Royal Canadian Navy, the Canadian Army and the Royal Canadian Air Force, are unified into the Canadian Forces.
• July 26 » Vietnam War: South Vietnamese opposition leader Trương Đình Dzu is sentenced to five years hard labor for advocating the formation of a coalition government as a way to move toward an end to the war.
• September 2 » Operation OAU begins during the Nigerian Civil War.
• October 16 » Tommie Smith and John Carlos are ejected from the US Olympic team for participating in the Olympics Black Power salute.
• December 25 » Apollo program: Apollo 8 performs the first successful Trans-Earth injection (TEI) maneuver, sending the crew and spacecraft on a trajectory back to Earth from Lunar orbit.
• December 26 » The Communist Party of the Philippines is established by Jose Maria Sison, breaking away from the Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas-1930.

The temperature on January 24, 1968 was between 1.2 °C and 4.6 °C and averaged 3.1 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (34%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.